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Ι. Καλίν: Τα χωρικά ύδατα στο Αιγαίο, το μεγαλύτερο πρόβλημα ανάμεσα σε Ελλάδα - Τουρκία
«Κανένας στην Τουρκία και την Ελλάδα-σε σύγκριση με την περασμένη δεκαετία, δεν θεωρεί ότι τα προβλήματα είναι άλυτα. Αντίθετα και οι δύο χώρες υπό τον πρωθυπουργό Ερντογάν και τον Έλληνα πρωθυπουργό Γιώργο Παπανδρέου που έδειξαν ιδιαίτερη ηγετική ικανότητα αντιμετωπίζοντας τα θέματα αυτά, επιδιώκουν τώρα να διαμορφώσουν μια κοινή περιφερειακή προοπτική από το Αιγαίο στα Βαλκάνια και τη Μέση Ανατολή »

έγραψε την Πέμπτη 14 Οκτωβρίου ο βασικός σύμβουλος του πρωθυπουργού Ερντογάν για θέματα εξωτερικής πολιτικής Ιμπραήμ Καλίν, ο οποίος είχει επισκεφθεί πρόσφατα στην Αθήνα.

Ο Καλίν έγραψε χαρακτηριστικά στην εφημερίδα «Ζαμάν» ότι «η θέση της Τουρκίας είναι ξεκάθαρη. Θέλουμε να βελτιωθούν οι σχέσεις με όλες τις γειτονικές χώρες και δεν θέλουμε οι γείτονές μας να είναι ασταθείς και ασθενείς. Νομίζω ότι όλο και περισσότερο οι Έλληνες αντιλαμβάνονται το μήνυμα αυτό. Τα χωρικά ύδατα στο Αιγαίο, εξακολουθούν να είναι το μεγαλύτερο πρόβλημα ανάμεσα στην Ελλάδα και την Τουρκία. Τα δικαιώματα της τουρκικής - μουσουλμανικής μειονότητας στην Ελλάδα και της ελληνικής - χριστιανικής ορθόδοξης στην Τουρκία παραμένουν αποφασιστικά. Τέλος, υπάρχει πάντα το θέμα της Κύπρου από το οποίο, ορισμένοι - τουλάχιστον - Έλληνες θέλουν να αποστασιοποιηθούν».http://www.agelioforos.gr/default.asp?pid=7&ct=1&artid=62700

Casus belli can be removed if Greece takes step as well Turkey’s reiteration of a suggestion last week that it would rescind the casus belli -- reason to go to war -- on any attempt by Greece to extend its territorial waters to 12 miles if Greece simultaneously agrees not to attempt such a thing has ignited discussions on the issue but has not been greeted with enthusiasm by Greece officials, who have labeled the suggestion as “Eastern guile.”

During a visit in Athens last week, ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Foreign Affairs Chairman Ömer Çelik and İbrahim Kalın, chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reiterated that the parliaments of the both countries should act simultaneously to remove the shadow of casus belli from the bilateral relations.

In 1995, a year after the Third United Nations Convention on Sea Law went into force, the Greek parliament declared that it might extend its territorial waters to 12 miles in the Aegean Sea.

In an answer to this move, Turkey’s Parliament declared that if Greece unilaterally extended its territorial waters, Turkey would take measures to stop this, including military ones.

Fuat Aksu from Yıldız Technical University recalled that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea recognizes that territorial waters extend to 12 miles, but only if this does not create problems for neighboring countries. He added that both countries’ territorial waters currently only extend to six miles.

“Turkish-Greek disputes, whatever the issue, usually follow the same pattern. Greece tries to undertake unilateral actions and Turkey’s reacts with some preventive measures, including the military threats. It is the same pattern with the territorial waters,” he told Today’s Zaman.

Aksu added that the Greek parliament did not openly extend its territorial waters to 12 miles and Turkey’s Parliament did not take the necessary steps to declare the situation a casus belli that must be done when declaring war on another country, adding to the uncertain situation in the Aegean Sea.

“According to Turkey and Greece: Aegean Disputes,” written by former diplomat and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy Deniz Bolükbaşı, when the territorial waters in the Aegean remain at six miles, Turkey’s territorial waters amount to 7.47 percent of the Aegean, whereas the will amount to 8.76 percent for Turkey if the territorial waters are extended to 12 miles. But Greece’s territorial waters will increase from 43.68 percent to 71.53 percent and international waters in the Aegean will fall from 58.85 percent to 19.71 percent.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu recently hinted that the Turkish Parliament’s decision can be rescinded if the Greece takes action, too.

Also it is expected that Turkey’s National Security Policy Document, which is going through a revision at the moment, will not include Greece as one of the main external threats. It is expected that the revised document will underline economic and political cooperation with Greece while scaling down the threat perception, although Ankara and Athens have come to the brink of war three times in the past over territorial disputes.

Both Çelik and Kalın, who were visiting Athens on the occasion of Turkey’s very first attempts to strengthen its public diplomacy efforts in a joint meeting with Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), suggested the removal of the decisions of both the Greek and Turkish parliaments simultaneously. Erdoğan is also expected to pay a visit to Athens in October and most probably he will reiterate the same idea in his bilateral talks.

Greek Deputy Defense Minister Panos Beglitis, while assessing the suggestions of Çelik and Kalın, said the decisions of the parliaments were two different things entirely, the Anatolia news agency reported.

He also claimed that Turkey is acting with “Eastern guile” and added that the Greek parliament’s decision is about benefitting from an internationally recognized right whereas the Turkish Parliament’s decision is arbitrary.

Aksu pointed out that Turkey is ready to take the issue to international courts in order to find a solution to the Aegean dispute, something that Greece has opposed until recently, when Athens hinted that international courts may become involved, as long as the Greek public is ready for it.
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